Skirt-lifter.



PATENTBD 1350.20, 1904.

P BRUNE. SKIRT LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1904.

NO MODEL.

Fay@ @g4 No. 7 77,660l

UNITED STATES Patented December 20, 1904.

PAUL BRUNE, OF COLOGNE, GERMANY.

SKIRT-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,660, dated December20, 1904.

Application tiled January 26, 1904. Serial No. 190,657;

To f/,ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, PAULBRUNE, a citizen of the German Empire, and aresident of Friesenplatz 19, Cologne, Germany, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Contrivances for Girding up Clothes, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a contrivance for girding up ladies skirts toprevent their getting soiled.

The invention consists in a skirt-girding device comprising a flat barcomposed of two end sections and an intermediate member, to which theend sections are hinged, and a locking device for certain of the parts,all of which will now be more fully described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved girding device. Fig. 2 shows the same secured to the shirt.Fig. 3 shows the same as Fig. 2, the girding device being partiallyfolded; and Fig. 4 shows the girding device secured to the skirt and incompletely-folded position.

Referring to the drawings, at and g are the end members, which arehinged to an intermediate member by means of oppositelymovinghinge-joints it and z'.

j and 70 are complementary parts of the conventional glove-fastenerwhich serve to lock the intermediate member L and the end member atogether when the device is in foldedup position.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3, and 4, it will be seen that the two end membersare secured to the skirt, while the intermediate member is left free. Inthis way the cloth remains loose when the device is folded together. Theend member g also serves as a handle for folding and unfolding the partsa and b, thus facilitating the girding up of the garment, as well asholding a portion of the garment tucked up.

I am aware that there are similar devices in use; but these are usuallyinconvenient to handle and, moreover, show the disadvantage that whenthey are folded the cloth is stretched too severely and liable to bespoiled or to show deforming crumples when unfolded again. To avoidthese disadvantages, I have added the aforesaid third part g, to whichthe cloth is secured at a suitable distance from the hinges as it is tothe said part a, while the middle part b leaves the cloth as it is, sothat a stretching of that portion of the cloth is avoided when thegarment is girded up, without, however, impairing the smooth dropping ofthe cloth when released.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A skirt-supportercomprising a flat bar composed of two end sections and an intermediatesection, and having two oppositelymoving hinge-joints, and means forlocking one of the end sections to the intermediate Section.

2. A skirt-supporter comprising a iiat bar composed of two end sectionsand an intermediate section, and having two oppositelymovinghinge-joints, and means locking one end and the intermediate sectiontogether, the two end sections being' sewed to the skirt, and theintermediate section being' free from the skirt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo witnesses.

PAUL BRUNE.

Witnesses:

GUs'IAv ELsNER, WILHELM RUPPERT.

